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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS JSJ

June 17, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2001, 12:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2001, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2001, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 171747
FFWJSJ
PRC013-017-054-091-141-172045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
139 PM AST SUN JUN 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MANATI
     ARECIBO
     FLORIDA
     BARCELONETA
     UTUADO

* UNTIL 445 PM AST

* AT 140 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY
STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATED MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS
OF ARECIBO AND FLORIDA. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA. MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS
YOU AND FYOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. PERSONS IN
LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 1:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
Jun 17, 4:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2001 Every flash flood warning in 2001

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.